Mark Maloney on Kentucky sports

From Jack C. Riley Park in Owensboro, we’re down to the last two games of the day in the Rawlings/KHSAA Softball State Tournament.

In elimination games, Greenwood is taking on Ryle, while North Laurel is facing Lone Oak.

Tonight’s winners will meet in the losers’ bracket semifinals, Saturday at 9 a.m. CT (10 ET).

At the same time, Boyle County will play Mercy in the winners’ bracket finals.

Losers’ bracket finals are set for 11 a.m. CT (noon ET). A potential final game will be played at 1 p.m. CT. If necessary, another game would immediately follow.

* Lone Oak scores twice in the bottom of the first; now leads North Laurel 2-0 in the second.

No score in the first between Ryle and Greenwood.

* North Laurel answers with two runs in the top of the second, tying Lone Oak 2-2.

Ryle and Greenwood are scoreless in the second inning.

* Greenwood has taken a 2-0 lead over Ryle through four complete innings.

North Laurel leads Lone Oak 3-2 in the middle of the fifth.

* Lone Oak has rallied for three runs and is still batting in the sixth, now leading North Laurel 5-3.

Greenwood leads Ryle 2-0 in the sixth.

* Greenwood  polishes off a 2-0 victory over Ryle. Both runs scored on Aeron Smith’s third-inning double.

Meanwhile, Lone Oak leads North Laurel 5-3 in the seventh inning.

* North Laurel scores five runs in the top of the seventh to take an 8-5 lead over Lone Oak.

The Jaguars were down to their final strike when Blake Johnson drove a two-out, two-strike, three-run triple to deep right field, giving the Jaguars a 7-5 lead. She later scored the eighth run.

* Lone Oak rallies with four runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge North Laurel 9-8.

Jacqueline Roof’s two-out, two-run double seals the win. Lone Oak will face Greenwood in Saturday’s semifinals of the losers’ bracket.

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